Tales of murder and mystery have influenced me since I was a kid who read The Great Brain and old issues of Crime SuspenStories comics. But tales of murder and mystery are not the material of genre writers alone, whatever genre even means. Here are my Top Ten stories (at the moment) that involve murder […]
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Writing Tips from J.A. Jance
If you want to be a writer, read! Why people who don’t read books still want to write them is more than I can understand. If you want to be a writer, write what you love and respect your readers. If you look down your nose at genre fiction and are only writing a mystery […]
10 Books about Modern Piracy
10 Books about Modern Piracy I’m a research junkie. I confess it. I write novels, but I hate to make things up if I don’t have to. I want my stories to be more than authentic. I want them to be real, to be true even, if you can say that about fiction. That […]